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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 5.3% of Milwaukee County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 6,236 multiracial students enrolled in Milwaukee County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Milwaukee County welcomed 118,254 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.3% of the student body, making them the third least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 35 districts in Milwaukee County, Milwaukee School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,675 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Milwaukee County.

According to the Nation’s Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both Math and Reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the Reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in Mathematics, with black students failing five times more than white students.

Ethnicities in Milwaukee County in 2022-23 School Year
Black [33%]White [29.7%]Hispanic [24.2%]Asian [7.3%]Multiracial [5.3%]Ethnicities <5% [0.5%]
Enrollment in Milwaukee County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Brown Deer School District7.7%1,655
Cudahy School District7.8%2,093
Fox Point J2 School District8%825
Franklin Public School District6%4,781
Glendale-River Hills School District9.6%962
Greendale School District6%2,664
Greenfield School District7%3,493
Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District5.7%442
Milwaukee School District4%67,500
Nicolet Union High School School District7.3%1,089
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District5.2%6,510
Saint Francis School District6.7%1,066
Seeds of Health Inc.0.4%1,181
Shorewood School District7.9%1,933
South Milwaukee School District7%2,773
Wauwatosa School District7.5%6,935
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District9.4%7,095
Whitefish Bay School District8%2,860
Whitnall School District5.9%2,397

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